According to Armond Budish, Cuyahoga County Executive, “The heroin and opioid epidemic is a public health crisis, and we will continue to work diligently to address this issue.” The Medical Examiner’s Office utilizes and makes available the information gathered from investigations to those citizens and personnel who have an interest in developing ways to prevent these types of tragic deaths from happening in the future, such as, Project Dawn.

Project Dawn is a program for opioid users who are at risk of death from opioid overdoes and family and friends of those who are at risk of death from opioid overdoes. Common opioids that are used are heroin, OxyContin, methadone, Percocet and Vicodin.

Project Dawn will teach you how to recognize an overdose, how to respond to an overdose and how to administer intranasal Naloxone to reverse an opioid overdoes. Kits are distributed containing the lifesaving drug Naloxone to all participants in the program free of charge.

Gary C. Mohr is director of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (DRC). Appointed by Governor John Kasich in January 2011, he has over 40 years of correctional experience and a national reputation for innovative and efficient prison management. Throughout his career, Director Mohr has served in a number of corrections leadership positions in both public and private sectors.

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Gary C. Mohr is director of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (DRC). Appointed by Governor John Kasich in January 2011, he has over 40 years of correctional experience and a national reputation for innovative and efficient prison management. Throughout his career, Director Mohr has served in a number of corrections leadership positions in both public and private sectors.